Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-11-25

dered filed and published.
Report of the Sup'ts of the Poor and
Trustees of the Iowa County Asylum for
tie Chronic Insane was then read and on
motion referred to a special committee
consisting of Messrs. Campbell, Stems
land and Jackson.
The Sup'ts. of the Poor submitted the
following communications which were
on motion read, filed and ordered pub
lished:
To the Trustees Of tie I01oa County Asylum
.t0i he Chronic Insane
GENTLEMEN:-It be comes our duty in compli-
ance with the order of the state Board of Chart
ties aud Reform, TO make to you, and thro' you
TO the ounty Board aud the State Board, our re-
port of the condition, &c, OF the asylum for the
portion o. the year ending Oct list, 1887, that the
institution has been under our medical super
vision.
As our supervision has been for six months
ouly, this report will necessarily be a short
AT all of our visits, whether those visits were
necessarily profession Il or IN rely those of in
spectiun, we have always found the institution in
admirable order, all sanitary requirements full
filled, aud the superlnte ndent, matrOn and attend
ants fully alive TO their Duty and the patients as
orderly and comfortable az can be expected.
We have always found Mr. and Mrs. Perkins
fully conscious of the importance of the varied
and ardnous character of the duties they have laid
on them, and determined, as lar as in them laid.
that those duties should be faithfully performed,
and We have fOuad the other employees have i'm
bibed the same spirit from them.
The asylum in its construction and arrange
ments, has received the highest encouragement
from visitors, and when some needed accessorie-
shall have been furnished, Iowa county will be
able To boast OF having one OF the best and most
complete asylums in this any other state.
The general health of the inmates during the
past six months, except for a slight outbreak of
diarlhea during the summer, has been fairly good.
There have been six deaths during that time
but none from what are usually called prerentable
diseases.
The deaths and their causes are as follows:
June 10, E. ). Irish, jackson Co., debility of
old age.
June %, Rob Tobin, Iowa Co.. syphilitic
CacheXia.
July Is, John Richards, Iowa Co., epilepsy.
July %, 10. d. Prideaux, Iowa Co., general de-
bility.
Aug. 10, Chas Heathcock, Iowa Co, brain
effusiOn.
July %, Celia Dolphin, Iowa Co., phthisis.
During this time, two patients have been al
lowed to return to their friends, being considered
sufficiently sane to be allowed their liberty.
There are among the patients several whose
general physical condition, aside from their in
sanity, is such that they cannot be expected to
live long; but aside from these, the physical con-
diton of the patients is fully equal to that to be
found in ordinary individuals in private life.
As milk is considered q most valuable article of
diet for such patients, we suggest that the supply
should be increased; and TO prevent the too fire.
quent use of sailed meats during the summer
months, place for cold storage Is absolutely
necessary.
We would suggest that the brick house on the
"Stephens farm be not allowed to fall into dis
repair, as il will, by and bye. give opportu-
nity to try the experiment of co'onizing some of
the best of patients, as recommend in the report
of DR.. Reed, of the State Board and which is now
being tried in Michigan This, If successful,
would enable the county to care for a larger num-
Der of patients, without any great additional cost
As much outside comment has been made on
your action IN employing us as medical attend
ants, and as various vague reports have been
made as to the compensation we receive, we here
state for the informatio of the County Board.
that the salary we receive is $500 per annum for
all attendance on the ASYLUM and Poor House and
furnish all medicines.
Our visits have never been less than one every
week, and sometimes they ha e been four i'll that
time. Respectfully submitted,
VIVIAN II 5 ON, Medical Attendants.
Mineral Point, Wis, Nov ID, 1887.
MADISON, Nov 9Th, 1887.
To The Building Committee If tse Ioca Comfy Asylum
for The Chronic Insane:
GENTLEMEN The State Board Of Charities and
Reform desire to congratulate you and the CUun-
ty Board of Supervisors of Iowa County On the
completion and occupation of your asylum, aud
especially do we commend your economical and
at the same time wise aad liberal expenditure in
providing what the [, mmittee from Michigan de
clared 10 be the best arranged and best con-
structed building for the care OF the insane they
ever saw.
The fact that no such building can be cor
structed for any such sum yours has cost, in
any other county. as evidenced in the case of La
building committee has practiced the closest
economy in its construction.
1t needs, however, two or three things to make
1t complete.
First and most important, is a building for cold
storage. For an institution so lar from market,
this is absolutely Indispensable.
Second, because of their dangerous character
the lamps in the wards should be replaced by gas
fixtures aud machine for making gas from gaso-
line should be furnished
We would suggest to the Board Of Supervisors,
through you, that the herd of cows on the farm
should be largely increased, and while the farm Is
one of the hest ed with our coUnty asy-
lums it would be for the interest of the county TO
increase it's size in the near future.
Respectfully submitted in half of the Boacd.
ANDREW Il. ELMoRE, President.
Attest: A. o. " RIGHT, Sec'y.
Il. 5. The committee referred to consisted of
the secretary and one member of the Michigan
Board OF Charities and Correction and the Supt
of the Asylum for criminal insane.
ANDREW K. ELNoRE, Pres.
On motion of Mr.. Grant, the Board ad-
journed.
THIRD DAYS SESSION.